
“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.

as Ciske de Rat

as Onderwijzer Bruis

as Ciskes moeder

as Tante Jans

as Chris

as Suus Bruis

as Mevrouw De Hoop

as Ciske's vader

as Dhr. Van Loon

as Leraar Maatsuyker




















